The .gov.ng SLD is closed and limited only to the following:
- Governments at all levels
- Ministries, Department, and Parastatals at all levels
RULES
Registrations on the .gov.ng SLD would be both on the 3LD and the 4LD.
Registration at the 3LD is ONLY permitted for the following:
1. The Federal Government;
2. The State Government;
3. Federal Ministries, Departments, Parastatals, and Institutions.
For example, justice.gov.ng, nigeria.gov.ng, etc.
Registration on the 4LD is ONLY permitted for the following:
1. State Ministries, Departments, Parastatals, and Institutions;
2. Local Governments;
For example, justice.lg.gov.ng would be for the Lagos State Ministry of Justice. Also, surulere.lg.gov.ng and surulere.oy.gov.ng would relate to Surulere Local Government in Lagos and Oyo States respectively
The 3LD to be used by the 4LD would be the State names as derived from the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
REQUIREMENTS
Registrants in the .gov.ng SLD are required to be full Government Agencies and also have the approval of each tier of government.
To register a .GOV.NG domain name, the Institution/MDA must provide a scanned copy of an authorization letter signed by the head of the institution/MDA or the next officer in the hierarchy.
- The letter should be addressed to the Chief Operating Officer of NiRA
- The letter should provide the following additional information:
- Minimum of two name servers
- Two contact details of admin and technical persons- The admin contact must be a member of staff of the institution/MDA.
- The technical contact can either be a member of staff or a consultant to the institution/MDA in case a technical staff is not available
- A Name, Designation, reachable Phone number, and Email Address must be stated for each of the contacts provided.
- Contact details of the signatory should be included as well.
SAMPLE LETTER
LETTERHEAD OF THE MINISTRY OR AGENCY
[Date]
To
Nigeria Internet Registration Association,§
8, Funsho Williams Avenue, Iponri, Surulere,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Subject: Application for [Your fourth-level domain Name] domain registration
Dear Sir/Madam,
Our agency, [Your ministry or agency Name] approved by [name of Government agencies, MDA’s, Local government, and Federal Government] has adopted the domain name [Your fourth level domain name] of [Your state name].
a). The admin contact details are:
[Name, Email, Phone number, and Designation]
b). The Technical contact details are:
[Name, Email, Phone number, and Designation]
c). The nameservers are:
[The two name servers that you would like to use for the domain]
We will be very grateful if the [your fourth-level domain name] could be registered by us.
Yours faithfully,
[Signature by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry/Executive Secretary/Director-General in the case of Federal Government]
[Name of the Authorized Signatory]
[Post of the Signatory]
[Contact information of the Signatory]
We will send the letter on your behalf to NIRA (.NG domain Registry), who then sends the request to NITDA (National Information Technology Development Agency) for verification and approval. Once the domain has been authorized by NITDA, NIRA will activate it, and our team will let you know that the domain registration was successful.
If you have any queries regarding .gov.ng domain registration, kindly contact us at [email protected]
